Music in the Sophienkirche: Organ concert by Steffen Walther

The program includes works related to Passiontide from various musical cycles by Olivier Messiaen. The framework is provided by two major organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach, which both open and close the evening. Steffen Walther is a lecturer in artistic and liturgical organ playing in Dresden and Leipzig and serves as cantor at the Kreuzkirche in Chemnitz. His deep musical understanding and expressiveness promise an impressive sound experience.

At the organ concerts in the Sophienkirche, a video transmission in the nave allows the audience to experience the organists' fascinating hand and footwork up close. "Music in the Sophienkirche" is a series of events organized by the Evangelical Church Congregation at Weinberg in cooperation with the Kultur Büro Elisabeth.

Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544

Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
"Institution de
l'Eucharistie" "Les tènébres"
(from "Livre du Saint-Sacrement")

Johann Sebastian Bach "
O Lamb of God, innocent" BWV 656

Olivier Messiaen "
Jésus accepte la Souffrance"
(from "La Nativité du Seigneur")
"Le Banquet céleste"

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548

Performers:
Steffen Walther, organ

Tickets: €10, reduced €5. Discount for schoolchildren and students upon presentation of proof. Tickets available at the box office 30 minutes before the concert begins. No advance sales.

Organizer: "Music in the Sophienkirche" is a series of events organized by the Protestant parish of Weinberg in cooperation with the Kultur Büro Elisabeth.

Photo (©) Maximilian Schnaus